2019 Medan suicide bombing

2019 Medan suicide bombing
Part of terrorism in Indonesia
2019 Medan suicide bombing is located in Medan
Police HQ
Police HQ
2019 Medan suicide bombing (Medan)
Location of the attacked police headquarters
LocationMedan, North Sumatra, Indonesia
Coordinates3°36′00″N 98°41′02″E / 3.6°N 98.684°E / 3.6; 98.684
Date13 November 2019
8:40 AM WIB
TargetPolice officers
Attack type
Suicide bombing
Deaths1 (attacker)
Injured6
PerpetratorsJamaah Ansharut Daulah
MotiveIslamic extremism

A suicide bombing was conducted in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia on 13 November 2019, targeting the city's metropolitan police (Polrestabes) headquarters. No person other than the attacker was killed in the attack, though six others were injured. The single attacker was affiliated with the Jamaah Ansharut Daulah.